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Specialized Benefits of Massage:

Addiction rehabilitation and massage therapy

Massage therapy helps to balance hormones associated with addiction by increasing dopamine and serotonin and decreasing cortisol. This will help ease withdrawal symptoms. Massage is not a replacement for a rehabilitation program however, but it compliments a program very well.

Chronic pain relief / management and massage

There are many techniques that massage therapists can use to assess and relieve chronic pain caused by a multitude of reasons.

Many times the area that hurts is not the root of the discomfort. It may take multiple visits to make significant progress depending on the severity, complexity, and age of the problem. Also, regular maintenance massages may be necessary to keep the problem from returning if the lifestyle patterns that initially caused it remain unchanged.

This is generally achieved by targeting specific tight muscles, scar tissue buildup, and fascial restrictions around the body to reduce the strain on the pained area.

Injury Treatment - Post Surgery Rehabilitation and massage

Before receiving massage it is standard practice to wait 72 hours after a minor to moderate injury, such as a car accident you walk away from.

It is also standard practice to wait 6 weeks after a major surgery to receive massage. Minor surgeries can vary, it is best to consult your Doctor.

Massage is effective at treating non-life threatening injuries like pulled muscles. It is also useful aftercare on more severe injuries or surgeries once wounds have healed.

Prenatal Massage

Relaxation or Stress Reduction Massage

Even purely relaxing massages will provide the general massage benefits as well as reduce stress. The impact of chronic stress on the mind and body should not be discounted even slightly. The following articles describe in detail how chronic stress can debilitate an otherwise healthy person.